Big Business, released
in 1988, starred Lily Tomlin as Rose Shelton and Rose
Ratliff, and Bette Midler as Sadie Shelton and Sadie
Ratliff. Movie reviews were split right down the
middle, and luckily, the movie was a financial success
at the box office.

The movie begins with wealthy
parent's-to-be Mr. and Mrs. Shelton getting lost in the
backwoods of West Virginia while looking for a friend's
summer home. Mrs. Shelton is pregnant with twins,
goes into labor, and the couple end up at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ratliff to get directions to the hospital.
It just so happens that Mrs. Ratliff is also pregnant
with twins, in labor, and the two couples end up at the
hospital at the same time. During the confusion,
one twin from each birth is switched, and they all end
up with the same first names when one overhears the
other's choice.

Fast forward 40 years,
and the Shelton "sisters" are successful executives over
a huge company, with one being the dominating sister and
the other wishing for a different life, and the Ratliff
"sisters" where in similar roles, with one handing up
the business affairs and the other wishing life was
different. During a mutual business meeting, the
twins finally meet, after a number of shenanigans, and
they all end up getting their ultimate wish in the end.